Wow, the land of spruce and fir, beautiful scenery. Had occasion to ride in a dome car out of Roanoke, VA behind NW611 a few years ago, what a way to travel. Thanks for sharing this video.
Another winner, wow! Love seeing what downtown Vancouver looks like then compared to now and I'm amazed that it left town with just two F units. The footage of the Super Con and Skeena were really wonderful as well, and still less than 5500 hp with three units compared to over 6K now when VIA runs it over CN.
What I think would have been really cool would have been to ship the locomotives used in Silver Streak to Los Angeles, as well as the eight passenger cars that made up the rest of the train and shoot the movie in the United States and still use the diagonal stripes on the F unit locomotives and still have the AMRoad logos on the sides of the locomotives, I wish they could have actually shot the entire movie in the U.S.
Not to mention the locomotive with a gas pedel, a badly disguised CP rail train, a locomotive that blows the horn by itself in the seventies, and missing track at Union Station in Toronto that ended with a wall behind it. Did I miss anything?
@@misterdude123 If memory serves me correctly, the low level track shots of the train entering the station were filmed at the abandoned Dearborn Station in Chicago. That’s why it looked like the world’s ugliest train station. The long range shots were obviously Toronto. I think you pretty much touched all the bases! Very few train movies pass the “Accuracy Test.” Silver Streak was no exception.
@@richardgerlach5156 FYI, Amtrak has CPKC approval to use the Detroit/Windsor tunnel for when they eventually get the Chicago to Toronto train running. Therefore the train will at least pass the now restored Dearborn station (Police Headquarters for Detroit I last heard but could be other tenants). No idea if the planned train is going to stop there but to me it does seem like a good idea. Wierd how the US Government finally clued in to how it destroyed passenger trains in the US by taxing them to build roads and Airports.
Super 8? With authentic sound? Sure seems like it. Sound seems too authentic and in sync with the video not to be. Or maybe 16mm. Either way, sound on film gear must’ve been expensive then. Even if taped simultaneously on a separate recorder, like a reel to reel. Either way, I love that you’ve made these public.
Super 8 with sound was introduced in 1973. It had a small magnetic strip on one side of the film, with a larger film cassette to accommodate the recording head. Once processed, it required a special projector to reproduce the audio, but could also be shown silently with a regular Super 8 projector. Both film and equipment costs were higher than the silent version, but the cameras were just as portable as a modern camcorder, making this the first medium capable of capturing both sight and sound in a small easily portable package.
Wow, the land of spruce and fir, beautiful scenery. Had occasion to ride in a dome car out of Roanoke, VA behind NW611 a few years ago, what a way to travel. Thanks for sharing this video.
Another winner, wow! Love seeing what downtown Vancouver looks like then compared to now and I'm amazed that it left town with just two F units. The footage of the Super Con and Skeena were really wonderful as well, and still less than 5500 hp with three units compared to over 6K now when VIA runs it over CN.
10:13 this locomotive has been preserved at Cranbrook, BC as part of a planned display set of The Canadian.
Thanks! Great footage! As a model railroader I haven't got a clue about the real thing and this helps!!!
What I think would have been really cool would have been to ship the locomotives used in Silver Streak to Los Angeles, as well as the eight passenger cars that made up the rest of the train and shoot the movie in the United States and still use the diagonal stripes on the F unit locomotives and still have the AMRoad logos on the sides of the locomotives, I wish they could have actually shot the entire movie in the U.S.
Excellent video. Thank you for the upload.
Where's Gene Wilder? Where's Richard Pryor? No AMROAD train trip is complete without those jokers on board!
Not to mention the locomotive with a gas pedel, a badly disguised CP rail train, a locomotive that blows the horn by itself in the seventies, and missing track at Union Station in Toronto that ended with a wall behind it. Did I miss anything?
@@misterdude123 If memory serves me correctly, the low level track shots of the train entering the station were filmed at the abandoned Dearborn Station in Chicago. That’s why it looked like the world’s ugliest train station. The long range shots were obviously Toronto. I think you pretty much touched all the bases! Very few train movies pass the “Accuracy Test.” Silver Streak was no exception.
@@richardgerlach5156 FYI, Amtrak has CPKC approval to use the Detroit/Windsor tunnel for when they eventually get the Chicago to Toronto train running. Therefore the train will at least pass the now restored Dearborn station (Police Headquarters for Detroit I last heard but could be other tenants). No idea if the planned train is going to stop there but to me it does seem like a good idea. Wierd how the US Government finally clued in to how it destroyed passenger trains in the US by taxing them to build roads and Airports.
A fantastic video in every way!!!! Thanks for uploading it - made my day.
Awesome vintage footage 👍
It was great to see a Superdome, but I wonder where the Skytops were at this point in time?
Skytops ran on the Prince Rupert train until 1971. They weren't used on the Super Con. CN called them Skyviews.
@@fmnut Ah! Now I know where to start researching them after they left the Milwaukee. Thanks!
Alot has change in Vancouver except the passenger cars since them
Super 8? With authentic sound? Sure seems like it. Sound seems too authentic and in sync with the video not to be. Or maybe 16mm. Either way, sound on film gear must’ve been expensive then. Even if taped simultaneously on a separate recorder, like a reel to reel. Either way, I love that you’ve made these public.
The film was silent, all sounds are dubbed in.
Super 8 with sound was introduced in 1973. It had a small magnetic strip on one side of the film, with a larger film cassette to accommodate the recording head. Once processed, it required a special projector to reproduce the audio, but could also be shown silently with a regular Super 8 projector. Both film and equipment costs were higher than the silent version, but the cameras were just as portable as a modern camcorder, making this the first medium capable of capturing both sight and sound in a small easily portable package.
NO TRAIN HORNS
The porters on the CN Supercontinental 11:08 were taking serious risks. The vestibule doors are wide open!
Not against the rules if you are maintaining 3 points of contact.